Fan attachment for rocking furniture



(No Model.)

A. W. MoCOMAS 82: H. A. FITZHUGH.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING FURNITURE.

No. 336,128. Patented Feb. 16, 1886..

WIIJVESSES JJVVEJVTOR Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT FEICE.

ARTHUR \VILLIAM MOCOMAS AND HENRY ALEXANDER .FITZHUGH, OF.

AUSTIN, TEXAS.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,128, dated February16, 1886.

Application filed May '23, 1885.

T 0 a whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR W. MoCoMAs and HENRY A. FITZHUGH, citizensof the United States, residing at Austin ,in the county of Travis andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFans to be Applied to Rocking Furniture; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,whieh form a partof this specification.

Our invention is an improvement in fans and devices for securing thesame to rockingehairs and other rocking furniture. The fan, theessential feature of our invention, hangs, in its normal position, fromtwo horizontal arms which are supported by upright stanchions, said armsand stanchions being braced and held together by bracing-arms secured bysuitable metallic hinge-eonnections, by which the angle formed betweensaid horizontal arms and upright stanchions may be increased or reducedto raise or lower the fan, as required, to bring it nearer to or moredistant from the occupant of the rocking furniture. The frame of thefan, composed of the upright stanchions and horizontal bars chiefly, isheld together by two lateral horizontal bars secured to the horizontalbars which support the fan permanently, or by some suitable means bywhich they may be readily detached. The fan is intended to swing fromhooks fixed in the ends of the horizontal arms, and move back and forthas the rocker to which the frame is secured moves back and forth,propelled by the movement of the occupant.

In our drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fan-frame and fan. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the fan as applied to a rocking-chair. Fig. 3 is adetail drawing, showing the clamping device for securing the fan-frameto the rocker.

In our drawings similar referenceletters indicate like parts in all ofthe figures.

Referring to the drawings, A is the rockingchair, of the ordinary form,to the upper por- Serial No. 166,493.

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tion of which is secured the frame for the support of the fan.

E E are upright stanchions, provided at their bottom ends withadjnstingdisks, to be hereinafter fully described.

A are arms, in horizontal position normally, which are connected to theuprights E E by hinged joints F F, to provide for change to the anglesformed by the conjunction of the parts E and A.

E E are the diagonal bracing-rods, secured to the horizontal arms A bystationary hingejoints H, and to the upright stanchions E by hinge-joints D, with sleeves adapted to slide up and down upon thestanchions,upon any point of which they may be fixed by suitableclamping-screws. The angle formed by the uprights E and horizontals Amay be changed to suit circumstances by means of said braces E and theclamping-screws provided for the sliding sleeves. Staying bars or bracesF F are secured, either adj ustably or permanently, to the arms A bysuitable joint-fastenings. At the ends of the horizontal arms A areprovided hooks I, upon which is hung, by suitable eyes, the fan J. Thefan J is composed of any fabric, fibrous or textile, stretchedpreferably upon a frame of wire, the upper horizontal portion of whichis provided with eyes to catch onto the hooks I of the horizontal armsA, and the lower portion of said fan is pro vided with a weightedbalancing-bar, K, to steady the movement of the said fan. The rod or barE is provided with a sleeve, G, with a hook or eye, and aclamping-screw, and to the said eye or hook is secured a cord or wire,h, which latter is also secured to the gravity or balancing bar K. Bymeans of this wire or cord the movement of the fan may be limited orheld to a fixed position when it is not re quired to be moved.

The device for securing the fan-frame to the piece of furniture may bedescribed as follows: A is a forked clamping device, provided with arubber plate, a, on one side, and on the 0p- 9 posite side with aplate,I), of metal, and one, 0, of rubber. Both of the latter are secured andheld to place by the clamping-screw (1. Above the clamp described is afixed disk, 6, and opposite to it are disks f, secured to the stanchionsE. A clamping-screw, 9, holds the two disks together at desired pointswith relation to each other, and also to the rocking piece of furnitureto which the clamping device is intended to be secured.

The clamping device 0, as shown in the drawings, is intended to besecured to the upper bracing-bar of a chair-back, the screw d beingadjusted to force the parts a c b in close contact with the said bar.

It may be readily seen that by the adj usting-screw g the fan-frame maybe adjusted and held to any position with reference to the chair, and bymeans of the clamping-slide D the fan maybe adj usted and held to anyposition desirable.

We are aware of the patent to Engle, No. 276,791, which shows doubleclamping-disks, with their planes at right angles to each oth er, and tosuch we make no claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the fan-frame and fan, sleeve G, cord h, andthe rocker, of the double clamping device for uniting the fanframe tothe rocker, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame forming the fan-support, of the fanJ, sliding sleeve G, and the connecting cord or wire 71, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR WILLIAM MGCOMAS. HENRY ALEXANDER FITZHUGH.

Witnesses:

R. E. STROMBERG, D. A. Poscn.

